Something different for the Pathfinder collection, this is a metal miniatures produced by Avatars of War as a Light Elf Mage.
My friend gave me more of a brief with this miniatures rather then "just paint it" like usual.
That's because this is going to be used for his next character, his current character is an actual Dragon, which is working at politically (but sometimes with brute force) taking over most of the countries in the current campaign he is playing in.
So for something different he is going to play an Elf, the class Diabolist (I think that's right) is a summoner of infernals and demons, basically a warlock in old money.
Elvisia Henderthane
Daughter of the Chelaxian noble house of Henderthane, Elvisia developed an interest in conjuration, the occult and 'forbidden' knowledge at an early age and enrolled at the Egorian Academy of Magical Arts' Infernal Binding course.
She suffered from debilitating muscular dystrophy from birth, causing her to live a sheltered and secluded life, however, she was mysteriously 'cured' while at the Academy.
After having graduated, she went on to serve in the Chelaxian Office of Naval Research and also took an increasing role in the Henderthane family business as weapons merchants.
Her desires now, are to further her knowledge and to exercise the independence once denied to her by her disability. Thus, she enjoys travel and takes a more "hands on" approach to both her trade and academic pursuits.
Despite no hard evidence ever surfacing, she continues to be mired in several controversies, and her ambitions are of no secret amongst the nobles. Rumour has it the Imperial bureaucracy would love nothing more than to be rid of Elvisia, however she remains too valuable and powerful to simply kill.
The basic background information I got sent, more then I was expecting truth be told. Lots to work with in there, and after talking about colour schemes, Black and Red were chosen based upon this image:
After looking at the miniatures for sometime, I decided to switch the colours around and to add Gold as the third layer, considering she is wearing armour, whereas the reference image is not.
With light skin, reds and golds dominating the colour palette, I went for a warm brown for her staff rather then a cold silver or such. Keeping the model in "warmish" colours helps to tie everything together, unlike with the Angel where i wanted the contrast to draw your eye from the mass of white in her wings and robes.
Until next time
- Lewis
No comments:
Post a Comment